Chapter 4 To Diagon Alley
In this way, Harry Potter lived in Ivan's house.
Compared to the Dursleys, it was heaven, and the Masons quickly accepted that their son was a wizard, as if it made no difference.
Besides, they were very nice to Harry too.
At every meal, Mrs. Mason would cook Harry's favorite dishes, and refill him several times. Here, he can finish his summer homework without any scruples. In his spare time, he can play new video games with Ivan, or tell him about Hogwarts.
Harry likes this feeling very much, and can talk to people about the magical world at will, without worrying about others staring at his scars stupidly.
In fact, Ivan also likes Harry very much.
For a week, he turned over each other's first-year magic textbooks, and under Harry's introduction, he had a general impression of each class.
It can be seen that Harry has a deep prejudice against Potions class and Potions class teacher Professor Snape, but he has a high talent in Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
In addition, Ivan also listened to Harry to introduce him to Hogwarts Castle, those secret passages and ghosts, the banquet in the great hall, the Gryffindor lounge, the four-poster bed in the dormitory building, and Gamekeeper Hagrid, his friends Ron and Hermione, and Quidditch, the most popular sport in the wizarding world.
"Evan, you must come to Gryffindor, that is the best house in Hogwarts, and Dumbledore himself graduated from there." A week later, at the breakfast Zhuo, Harry summed up to Evan. road.
"Well, after listening to your introduction, I also feel that Slytherin is terrible, not to mention that my parents are Muggles, they should not let me in there." Ivan paused, "but I'm not sure. , will I be able to get into Gryffindor, know that I won't know anything, maybe I'll be assigned to Hufflepuff."
"Don't worry, the young wizards who just entered are all about the same level. Except for Hermione, I have never seen anyone who learns faster than you."
What Harry said was the truth. Just after Ivan heard that Snape, the potion professor, used to embarrass students in class, he spent a week and almost memorized most of the "Magic Potion and Potion".
This is simply incredible. This book is the only textbook designated for the Potions class in the O.W.L.S. Ordinary Wizard level exam. Now, when Harry is writing the Potions class homework, he often stops to ask Ai Wen's opinion.
Just when Harry was about to say something, two owls flew into Ivan's balcony one after the other, Hedwig in the back, and an owl with beautiful brown feathers that had never been seen before.
"If my mother sees them, she will faint in fright." Ivan joked with a smile.
"I hope not to be seen by Mrs. Mason." Through this period of contact, Harry knew that Mrs. Mason had an extremely strong avian phobia, and he even had to keep Hedwig at his friend Ron's house.
"Ai Wen, you help me take care of Hedwig."
Harry turned to look at the other brown owl, "This is the school owl, and it brings the book list for the second grade."
Irving fed Hedwig something, and then leaned over and watched it with Harry. The second-year students should read: "Standard Spells, Level 2", "Break With a Female Ghost" by Miranda Goshawk, Gild Traveling with the Ghoul by Gilderoy Lockhart Traveling with the Ghouls by Gilderoy Lockhart Vacationing with the Hijab by Gilderoy Lockhart Traveling with the Trolls by Gilderoy Lockhart "Wandering with Vampires", "Wandering with Werewolves" by Gilderoy Lockhart, "A Year with the Tibetan Yeti" by Gilderoy Lockhart.
"These are the textbooks required for Defense Against the Dark Arts, the same as what's on the first-year textbook list. I dare say that the new teacher must be an admirer of Lockhart."
"Hopefully a reliable guy, these books look like novels, not magic textbooks."
Harry thought about Quirrell, and last year's adventure, the guy who had Voldemort stuck behind his head, and fortunately stopped him in the end. It is said that the Defense Against the Dark Arts class was cursed by Voldemort, and no one could last for a year.
"Think of something happy, and see what the letter Hedwig brought."
"It's Ron's reply!"
A smile finally appeared on Harry's face. "He and Hermione are going to buy textbooks in Diagon Alley next Wednesday, and ask if we want to go together that day?"
"I have no opinion." Ivan couldn't wait long enough to go to Diagon Alley to see what he saw. Seeing Harry hesitating, he said strangely, "What else did he say in the letter?"
"Ron asked me if I wanted to stay at his house for a while." Harry was a little embarrassed, obviously worried about the feelings of the Irving family. "The letter also said, if you are willing to go too..."
"Really, this is really great. I've long wanted to go to a wizard's house to have a look." Ai Wen waved, "Don't worry about my mother, I will persuade her."
In the blink of an eye, next Wednesday, Harry and Ivan were woken up early by Mrs. Mason, and the two packed their luggage. After a hasty breakfast, Mr. Mason drove them to the Leaky Cauldron Bar.
"This is it!" said Harry, pointing to a dingy little bar. "This is the Leaky Cauldron, the entrance to Diagon Alley."
"I never imagined that there would be such a place in this city. It's like a building from the last century." Mrs. Mason sighed. Following Harry's instructions, she seemed to notice that she was caught in a house A small bar in the middle of a big bookstore and a record store.
"Mom, the Leaky Cauldron is a well-known place. It has been placed with a protection spell and Muggle exorcism spell. It cannot be marked on the map. If Muggles don't know the address, they can't see it..." Ai Wen Trying to recall what I saw in The Theory of Magic.
"Okay, my dear little wizard, I think it's definitely not a good idea for us to stand on the street discussing a dirty bar." Mr. Mason stopped Ivan from continuing and pushed him and Harry to the store go inside.
As a famous place, it is too dark and dirty here.
Through the dim candlelight, Ai Wen saw a few old women dressed in strange clothes, like medieval witches sitting in the corner of the room drinking sherry with a small glass, and sitting next to the bar was a sneaky guy covered in bandages, In front of him was a small plate of raw liver.
"Welcome, Mr. Potter!" The bar owner, a powerful old man with a hunchback, quietly appeared in front of several people.
"Hello!"
Not only the Masons, in fact, even Harry seemed more reserved. When he arrived here last year, it was Hagrid who led him in.
Soon, they found a family who, like themselves, were out of place here.
"Harry, Harry!"
Hermione Granger quickly ran over to meet them from the other side of the bar, not far behind her, the Grangers stood there with very unnatural expressions.
"Harry, I heard you were coming today, so I waited here early, thank goodness, you look pretty good, Ron said that you were found by the Ministry of Magic because you used a transfiguration spell, I was really worried , I hope they didn't do anything to you."
"Thank you, Hermione, I'm fine!" Harry said with a smile on his face, pointing to Evan beside him, "This is Evan Mason, this year's freshman, thanks to his help this summer, I was able to Escaped from the Dursleys. Evan, this is Hermione Granger, I told you a while ago."
Looking at the girl with thick fluffy brown hair in front of her, Ai Wen knew in her heart, of course she knew that this was the brain of the golden trio, a veritable know-it-all.
"Nice to meet you, Miss Granger!" Ivan stretched out his right hand, "I heard Harry say that you were the first in the year in the final exam last year, which is really amazing."
"It's nothing, it's just a little cleverness and dead reading!" Hermione blushed a little, shook hands with Ai Wen, and continued, "You can call me Hermione, of course, I can call you Ai Wen in the future. Is it?"
"No problem, Hermione, in fact, I've been looking through Harry's textbooks for a while, and I have a lot of questions I want to ask you."
With a headache, Harry listened to the topic of the two gradually turning to the content of the textbook. Fortunately, it didn't last long, and Ron's arrival saved him.
The Weasleys came out of the fireplace as the green fire flashed by.
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